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Botanical Family · Ranunculales

Ranunculaceae

Buttercup/Crowfoot family

12 speciesOrder Ranunculales8+ well-known plants

Herbs with many free stamens and carpels (primitive). Often contain alkaloids and are toxic. Includes buttercup, anemone, clematis, and aconitum (monk's hood).

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Representative RANUNCULACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Ranunculaceae
Key pattern

Alternate or basal, often deeply lobed leaves on herbs with an unusually 'primitive', unfused floral plan — numerous separate stamens and separate carpels arranged in a spiral rather than fused whorls — commonly storing toxic alkaloids.

Many genera (aconite/monkshood, larkspur, buttercup) rank among the most poisonous plants in their region, protected by potent alkaloids that affect the heart and nervous system.

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Climbing vine
Herb
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How to recognise the Ranunculaceae family

  • 01

    Leaf arrangement: alternate/opposite

  • 02

    Leaf type: simple/compound

  • 03

    Growth forms: herb

  • 04

    Inflorescence: cymose/solitary/raceme

  • 05

    Fruit: achene/follicle

Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementVariable
  • TypeVariable
  • Lobed margin leaf characterMarginLobed
  • VenationVariable

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Goat's BeardClematis gourianaBurman ClematisClematis hedysarifoliaAutumn ClematisClematis ternifloraDeccan ClematisClematis trilobaLax-Flowered ClematisClematis wightianaRocket LarkspurDelphinium ajacisMalabar DelphiniumDelphinium malabaricum var. malabaricumCeylon ClematisNaravelia zeylanica

All 12 species in RANUNCULACEAE

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